Lawyers track down legacy

AN Edinburgh law firm has helped discover a missing inheritance that was lost and forgotten about after its owner died.

Gibson Kerr tracked down a 30,000 investment policy that had not been disclosed in its owner's will, and passed it on to its legal beneficiary, who is from Edinburgh and had no idea that the inheritance existed.

Investigators used the Landmark Financial Asset Search, which identifies lost or forgotten financial assets that should be distributed as part of the administration of an estate.

Scott Rasmusen, partner at Gibson Kerr, said: "In some cases there can be tens of thousands of pounds lying in a savings account which rightfully belongs to someone - but they don't know anything about it, as the details have never been revealed to them."